Improvement in housemaids  pails



EMMA C. WDOSTER.

, Housemaids Pails.

No. 160,500. PatentedMarch2,1875.

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EMMA O. WOOSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOUSEMAIDS PAILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,500, dated March 2,1875; application filed November 2, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known I, EMMA G. Woosrnn, of New York, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented an Improved Housem aids Pail and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing forming part ofthis specification.

My invention consists in a pail having a surrounding pan or circulartrough attached to its bottom to prevent slopping, and provided with asoap-dish and a brush-receptacle, for holding a piece of soap and ascrubbing-brush, so that the drippings therefrom will run into thetrough.

The accompanying drawin grepresen ts a perspective view of my invention.

The pail A may be of any suitable construction and material.

At the bottom of the pailis a circular trough, B, extending entirelyaround the bottom of the pail, and projecting sufficiently far from theperiphery of the pail to catch the water which may slop over the edge,and prevent it from running to the floor, or wherever the pail may beplaced.

The trough may be formed by attaching to the bottom of the pail a panwith sloping sides, or by attaching the lower edge of a strip of metalto the lower edge of the periphery.

On one side of the pail is a soap-dish, C, at

tached to the pail and trough, and having a This invention furnishes aneat and convenient article for household use.

The trough may be used to hold sponges, cloths, 850., and the apparatusmay be carried from place to place, and set upon the floor or a tablewithout soiling the carpet or furniture by any slopping or dripping fromthe pail, or the articles carried therewith; and it obviates thenecessity of carrying about a piece of oilcloth, or other material toplace under the pail.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The implement consisting of pail A, trough B, soap-dish O, and brushreceptacle 1), all constructed and connected substantially as and forthe purpose shown and described.

EMMA O. YVOOSTER.

